In recent years, Baybayin tattoos have become a meaningful way for Filipinos to connect with Filipino roots. Often confused with alibata, Baybayin is a pre-colonial script unique to the Philippines.

Consciously learning and practicing Baybayin can lead to discoveries about yourself as a Filipino and about the richness of Filipino culture It was a curious thing, the Spanish (among them the ...

The four-character script on the Philippine New Generation Currency had piqued my interest and curiosity for quite some time now. It is a word written in Baybayin, one of the many old Philippine ...

A young Philippine artist and freelance illustrator has created a card game she hopes will inspire her countrymen to help revive the written language used by their ancestors. Patricia Ramos hopes her ...

Classroom history taught me that pre-Spanish syllabary was called “alibata.” By the time I started teaching, I was told the correct term was “baybayin.” Whoever coined alibata used the first three ...

After teaching and advocating our native scripts for the past four years, I'm occasionally asked that question, especially by skeptics who doubt Baybayin’s utility. I never take it personally and see ...

Artist Taipan Lucero doing calligraphy using the indigenous script known as Baybayin, used before Spanish colonization in 1521, at an event in Manila. (AFP) MANILA, Philippines–With deliberate golden ...

Thanks to Sen. Loren Legarda, the public will be able to appreciate watching dazzling ethnic costumes and textiles, which women from indigenous communities weave for hours on end and wear with flair.